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Spain: Iberia signs competitiveness agreements
The airline is getting ready to put an end to more than 16 months of social dispute, after signing a series of agreements in principle with unions representing different categories of staff in...
18 March 2014
Great Britain: apparently, the government has won its bet to limit employment disputes
New tribunal fees, limited compensation against unfair dismissals or even the introduction of conciliation to avoid complaints… since it came to power in 2010, the Cameron administration has been...
18 March 2014
Denmark: end of the 2014 sectoral collective bargaining round
Yesterday, March 17, Asbjørn Jensen, the conventional mediator (forligsmand), presented, together with the DA employers’ organization and LO union, the draft agreement (mæglingsforslag) for...
18 March 2014
Canada: new job grants for training involving businesses better
On March 11, Employment Minister Jason Kenney, and Shirley Bond, the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills signed a job grant in British Columbia as part of the renewal of the Labor Market...
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17 March 2014
Portugal: new individual layoff criteria adopted for the termination of a position
The Parliament adopted, on Friday, March 14, 5 new criteria chosen to justify an economic layoff (but not for mass layoffs) for the cancelation of the position. The order was defined as well: the...
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17 March 2014
Great Britain: Families Act passed
Legislation - in the form of the Children and Families Act 2014, which will bring into force various changes to maternity, paternity and adoption rights, received Royal Assent on March 13. It...
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17 March 2014
China: 50 percent of IBM Shenzhen workers leave the company rather than being transferred to Lenovo
More than half the workers decided to accept the American company’s offer to leave rather than going with Lenovo.
14 March 2014
EU: national regulation providing for shorter notice periods for fixed-term contracts than for permanent ones goes against Community law (ECJ)
In a verdict rendered on March 13, in a case involving Polish law, the European judges stated that national regulations providing for shorter notice periods for fixed-term contracts than for...
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13 March 2014
Italy: draft social reforms of the Renzi administration
Yesterday, March 12, the Council of Ministers approved a decree-law containing emergency provisions to boost employment and make businesses’ obligations simpler, as well as a bill empowering the...
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13 March 2014
EU: UNI Europa publishes brochure on EWCs as tools for transnational action
Throughout 2013, UNI Europa, the European trade union federation, carried out a project on EWCs in several sectors – finance, trade, cleaning services and graphics. There were two objectives...
13 March 2014
United States: President Obama wants to extend overtime pay beneficiaries
Barack Obama is going to ask the Department of Labor to review overtime pay in order to get more employees covered. To that end, he wants to update the Labor Standards Act, which provides that...
13 March 2014
Bangladesh: first results of the plant inspections implemented as part of the Global Safety Accord among textile subcontractors
On March 10, the reports on the first 10 factories inspected in Bangladesh were published. These are the direct result from the agreement signed in May 2013 between international trade unions and...
EU: Parliament adopts Directive improving the fight against discrimination towards migrant workers
Yesterday, March 12, the MEPs adopted the compromise reached with the Council of EU Ministers on the draft directive containing “measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers...
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12 March 2014
Germany: employers worried about the impact retirement at 63 could have on the shortage of skilled workers
Several big employers’ organizations in Germany sounded the alarm: the government’s pension reform bill, which introduces retirement at 63 for people who paid contributions for 45 years, could...
12 March 2014
EU: Parliament adopts amendments to the draft regulation on the protection of personal data
While this topic is still subject to vivid debates, the MEPs adopted – today, March 12, their first reading report on the draft regulation concerning the protection of people regarding the...
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12 March 2014
Australia: government to amend Fair Work Act
The Australian government recently sent to Parliament its bill to reform the Fair Work Act. It limits union representatives’ access to the workplace, amends some aspects of collective bargaining...
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11 March 2014
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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14 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025